Don’t Trust Just Anyone Payroll is one of those concepts that might seem like a simple job, yet in reality can be pretty complicated. It’s not just paying employees every 1 or 2 weeks, you also have to handle their

Better Than Facebook Sometimes it seems like the best news channel in the world is Facebook. Just scroll through your timeline and you will find tons of articles on all kinds of subjects. From recent terrorist activity to the newest

Preparing for the American Health Care Act If you keep up with the news, you might have seen several changes that are working on being passed around the country. One of these changes is to the American Care Act, also

Health Savings Account Limits for 2018 With Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), individuals and businesses buy less expensive health insurance policies with high deductibles. Contributions to the accounts are made on a pre-tax basis. The money can accumulate year after year

What Coverage Must We Offer To Avoid ‘Play or Pay’ Liability? Question: Our company recently grew to become an applicable large employer (ALE) under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). As the ACA remains in effect for the time being, could

Maximize the Effectiveness of Your Workplace Safety Programs “No person should ever have to be injured, become ill, or die for a paycheck,” says the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the agency which enforces the requirement that workplaces be

Federal Minimum Wage Law Is at a Crossroads There are calls in Washington to raise the minimum wage to as much as $15 an hour, but it hasn’t budged since Where the Federal Rate Stands It’s important for both business

Move Your Company Forward With a Strong Employee Development Strategy Is your employee training program strong or half-hearted? If the latter is true, that could be as bad as having no program at all, if not worse. A well-developed training

How to Reduce Your Workforce Without Committing Age Discrimination As employers generally know, employees age 40 and over represent one of the “protected classes,” given special priority in employment discrimination cases. You are no doubt aware of the U.S. Civil

With ‘Repeal and Replace’ Gone for Now, Familiar Questions Remain As the dust continues to settle on the failed repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the surrounding health care benefits landscape remains largely unchanged. Employers face a